Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Quote by Pierre Corneille

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To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like...

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like...

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so...

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so...

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

I would not like a king who could obey.

I would not like a king who could obey.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.

He who fears not death fears not a threat.